Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kotьcь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of an earlier *kotvь, *kotъ (u-stem) *-ьcь. If native in origin, then may be a deverbial noun from Proto-Slavic *kotati (“to fold, to wrap”). Possibly distantly akin to Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “room, hut”), Old English heaþor (“enclosure, jail”), Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, pint”). Compared in the past with Old Norse kot (“cottage”), Middle Low German kote (“ramshackles”) (presumably from Proto-Germanic *kutą); however, nowadays, relation usually dismissed. Pokorny derives all of these from a tentative Proto-Indo-European *kot- (“dwelling space”).[1]
If an orginal meaning “enclosure, interlacement” is presumed, then likely related to Proto-Slavic *košь (“basket”), *košara (“pen, sheepfold”).
Further resembling various wandering words throughout Eurasia: Proto-Uralic *kota (“hut”), Proto-Mongolic *kotan (“town”) (whence Mongolian хот (xot)), Turkish kodak (“shelter, home”).
Noun
[edit]*kotьcь m[2]
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kotьcь | *kotьca | *kotьci |
| genitive | *kotьca | *kotьcu | *kotьcь |
| dative | *kotьcu | *kotьcema | *kotьcemъ |
| accusative | *kotьcь | *kotьca | *kotьcę̇ |
| instrumental | *kotьcьmь, *kotьcemь* | *kotьcema | *kotьci |
| locative | *kotьci | *kotьcu | *kotьcixъ |
| vocative | *kotьče | *kotьca | *kotьci |
Derived terms
[edit]- *kotьčina (“pigsty”)
Related terms
[edit]- *koty (“anchor”)
- *kotuxъ, *katuxъ (“pen, fold”)
- *kotulь (“turn, circle”)
- *koterъ, *kotora (“enclosed area in farm, fold”)
- *koťurь (“splice, knob”)
- *kotoma (“interlacing”)
- *košara (“cottage”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коте́ц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 214
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “котец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 675
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “586-87”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 586-87
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kotьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 241: “m. jo”